Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-25 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Do 24. Juli 2008 schrieb Mike Montour: > A Freerunner without a working NOR flash is basically the same as a > Neo1973. It's safe to flash a new kernel or rootfs partition; the risk > of bricking the device is only if you update u-boot itself. Yeah, so *WATCH YOUR "-a " PARAMETERS* when flas

Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-23 Thread Steve Leung
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 09:44:57AM -0700, Mike Montour wrote: > You could ask if there's anyone living near you who could lend you a > debug board or do the flashing for you. If not, wait for an official > Openmoko statement of how to repair/replace your phone. Yeah, the nearest one I've found

Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-23 Thread Mike Montour
Steve Leung wrote: > http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1568 > > I'm just not sure what I can do about it - I haven't got a debug board, > and I wasn't really planning on buying one. You could ask if there's anyone living near you who could lend you a debug board or do the flashing for y

Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-23 Thread Steve Leung
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 09:17:10AM -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote: > > I agree, this is crummy. We're looking into it, although obviously the > GPS issue last week took most of our resources. I think progress is > being discussed on the kernel list if you are curious, but we will > certainly post

Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-23 Thread Michael Shiloh
Steve Leung wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 08:40:55AM -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote: >> Steve, did Al's advice help? > > Unfortunately, no. Looks like this phone has been bitten by this bug, > since all of the evidence matches up: > > http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1568 > > I'm just

Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-23 Thread Steve Leung
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 08:40:55AM -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote: > > Steve, did Al's advice help? Unfortunately, no. Looks like this phone has been bitten by this bug, since all of the evidence matches up: http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1568 I'm just not sure what I can do about it - I

Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-23 Thread Michael Shiloh
Al Johnson wrote: > On Monday 21 July 2008, Steve Leung wrote: >> Hi.. I hope someone can point out what I'm doing wrong. >> >> I want to boot into my Freerunner's NOR to try flashing different >> images, but I can't get it to work. I've followed what's on the wiki, >> and all I get is a brief

Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-21 Thread Steve Leung
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:35:13PM +0200, Roger Luethi wrote: > Maybe it's this: > http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1568 Indeed. Silly me, only searched through the wiki and mail archives. I'll update the wiki at least, and then try to find me a debug board. Thanks! Steve ___

Re: problem booting to NOR?

2008-07-21 Thread Al Johnson
On Monday 21 July 2008, Steve Leung wrote: > Hi.. I hope someone can point out what I'm doing wrong. > > I want to boot into my Freerunner's NOR to try flashing different > images, but I can't get it to work. I've followed what's on the wiki, > and all I get is a brief pop or crackle from the spe